At the risk of turning off our new list member I'll throw my USD $0.02
into the fray. Commercial vs non-commercial broadcasting was a hot
topic back in the early 1920's when broadcasting first began on a
large scale in the U.S. Many people were opposed to crass commercials
for toothpaste, etc flooding the airwaves and wanted an alternative
which would have took the form of a use tax as in England.
Interesting but true, one of the first if not the first radio stations
that was supported by commercials was WEAF in New York city, one of
several commercial stations owned by Ma Bell (AT&T). The chain of
stations owned by AT&T were sold to RCA to become NBC in 1926
following anti-trust suit threats and corporate fighting. AT&T and RCA
basically had come to a 'gentleman's agreement.'
Marty
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Subject: OT! Re: Message formats
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 1/8/99 2:53 AM
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> The license is for something like 'installing and operating a TV
> receiver'. The money from it is used to fund the BBC. One license covers
> all the TVs (and VCRs, etc) in use at one 'household'. A colour license
> allows you to operate B/W TVs as well (but not vice versa of course). Yes
> there are other terms, conditions and exceptions but that will do for now.
I'm sorry, but I just gotta say, requiring a license to watch TV is
something I would overthrow the government over. I've never heard of a
more cockamamy tax.
The way we fund public TV and radio in the U.S. is annoying (pledge
drives) but they only last for a couple weeks until the necessary funds
are accumulated and they only happen but once or twice a year (and I'm
proud to say I pay my "membership" dues dutifully...public radio in the US
is top notch).
ObCC: Can't think of anything so screw it.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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